1622 in Ireland

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Map of Derry, 1622.

Events from the year 1622 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: James I

Events

• A royal commission of inquiry into the Dublin Castle administration is sent from England, headed by Dudley Digges and including James Perrot. ^[1]
• 18 April – Oliver St John surrenders the office of Lord Deputy of Ireland. He had served since 1616. ^[2]
• 18 September – Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, is sworn in as Lord Deputy of Ireland. ^[3]
• Thomas Dease is consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, returning to Ireland from Paris.
• Frederick Hamilton is given lands in Leitrim.

Honours

• January – The Courtenay Baronetcy of Newcastle, County Limerick, is created for George Courtenay. ^[4]
• 3 May – The Montgomery Viscountcy of the Great Ards in the Peerage of Ireland is created for Hugh Montgomery.
• 5 August – The Earldom of Roscommon is created for James Dillon. ^[5]

Deaths

• 16 January – Patrick Barnewall, who objected to recusancy fees. ^[6]
• 10 November – Henry Folliott, 1st Baron Folliott, who settled in Ballyshannon and developed the area around it (b. c.1568). ^[7]
• 14 November – Miler Magrath, who was Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor 1565 – 1580 but converted and became Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel since 1571 (b. c.1523)
• Henry MacShane O'Neill, who was an Irish flaith and son of Shane O'Neill.

References

1. Treadwell, Victor (2006). The Irish Commission of 1622: An Investigation of the Irish Administration, 1615-1622, and Its Consequences, 1623-1624. Irish Manuscripts Commission. ISBN   978-1-874280-63-7.
2. Lotz-Heumann, Ute (2004). "St John, Oliver, first Viscount Grandison of Limerick (1559–1630)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24501 . Retrieved 2012-10-15.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
3. Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Cary, Henry, first Viscount Falkland (c.1575–1633)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4837 . Retrieved 2012-10-15.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
4. Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage, 1611 to 1800. Vol. I (1st ed.). Exeter: William Pollard & Co. p.  229, line 23. OCLC   866278985. I. 1622? 'George Courtenay, Esq. of Newcastle, co. Limerick' was cr. [created] a Bart. [I. (Ireland)] as above, presumably in Jan. 1621/22, the Privy Seal being dat. at Westm., 10 Dec. 1621. – 1611 to 1625
5. Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. VI (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. p.  410, line 22. OCLC   1180818801. ... being subsequently cr. [created] 5 Aug. 1622 Earl of Roscommon [I.]. – N to R
6. Barry, Judy (October 2009). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "Barnewall, Sir Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography . Retrieved 30 October 2023.
7. Cokayne, George Edward (1926). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. V (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press. p. 543. OCLC   1042540479. – Eardley of Spalding to Goojerat